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The President of EUPRIO, Paolo Pomati opened the annual conference of the association of Polish University Communicators (Stowarzyszenie PR I Promocji Uczelni Polskich, PROM), which took place in Poznan and Opalenica on 16-18 January, with a keynote speech focused on the mission and the activities of EUPRIO and on the

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The President of EUPRIO, Paolo Pomati (Università del Piemonte Orientale, Italy), has been appointed as one of the 9 international judges of the “EngageU Awards”. As part of the European Commission funded, ULab project, the Oxford Internet Institute at the University of Oxford is organizing an online competition to identify

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We started this new year with very sad news. Our colleague and friend Jorma Laakkonen, former national representative of Finland, organizer of many conferences, is no longer with us. He passed away on the first day of the year, after suffering from cancer for a while. In the past years,

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10 Years of Children’s University at University of Innsbruck The project “Young Uni” at the University of Innsbruck was launched in September 2001 – the first of its kind in German speaking countries. This year it celebrates its tenth year with the slogan “Setting out into New Worlds”. Read more…

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On 9 December, EUPRIO Belgium will meet in Brussels. Among the many topics the Belgium meeting will tackle, there will be discussion of the sub-theme for the EUPRIO conference 2012 “Involving the Community” in the context of member-institutions KU Leuven and Universiteit Antswerpen. A report will be compiled with the

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A few weeks ago the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft edited a book with a Delphi study about challenges, trends, chances and risks of science communication. Two of the 30 German specialists interviewed for the study for science communications are  EUPRIO members Dr. Josef König (Ruhr-Universität Bochum) and Dr. Toni

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Alexandra Hroncova, who led the organisation of the Prague Annual Conference on behalf of hosting institution the Czech Technical University, has moved to take on a new role. Alexandra, who is the Czech Republic’s Steering Group representative, is now Head of Communications at Prague’s Charles University.

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Delegates attending the General Assembly of the 23rd EUPRIO Annual Conference in Prague elected Denis Ancion as the association’s new Vice-President. Denis, who has been the Netherlands’ Steering Committee representative for ? (tbc) years, is Deputy Director of Marketing and Communications at Maastricht University. He will assume the position of

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EUPRIO celebrated its 25th birthday in style in Prague earlier this month when more than 200 delegates from all over Europe gathered for the association’s annual conference. Presidents past and present were on hand to take part in a special Opening Ceremony in the historic Bethlehem Chapel in the Czech

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Over the last 18 months, the European University Association (EUA) has been carrying out a comprehensive review of all major international university rankings. Universities are increasingly confronted by a plethora of ranking and classification initiatives – both at the national and international level. While many university leaders have reservations about

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